Tag Archives: Adoption

While celebrating the 4th of July, sitting around, thanking God for the freedoms that our forefathers fought and died for, I got a chill down my spine. You know, like the kind you get when it feels like there is someone else in the room with you but there really isn’t! A recent study shows that almost 80% of Americans ...

It is no secret that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are in major need of overhauling. In fact, these three entitlements are some of the most heavily debated issues for both political parties. What no one on either side of the political aisle will stop and think about is how the abuses of these systems that were created to help ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is July 2009. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ It was here! The day we had all longed for had arrived! It was the day ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is March 2008. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ When the battle was won in the last case, I was completely at peace when they ...

Once again I am veering off the ongoing saga of our story to adopt children through the Broken Foster Care System. If you’ve already read my Mother’s Day story, you know that our adoptions were finalized in July of 2009. After the adoptions it took some time for the kids to adjust to the fact that they were in fact ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is March 2008. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ It was hard to pick myself up by my boot-straps and carry on, but it was ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is November 2007-March 2008. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ When we first heard about the Foster-To-Adopt Program, it had been our intention to adopt a ...

May 10, 2011Comments Off on Jumping Head First In The Fight For My Children

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is October -November 2007. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ Our October court hearing was supposed to be a pre-trial hearing for the Termination of ...

On today- Mother’s Day- I dedicate this to all ladies who long to be a mommy but their dreams have not yet been fulfilled. I know the pain of Mother’s Day when your heart desperately longs to hold your child in your arms but you have not been given that opportunity. I pray that you will continue to read this ...

I am going to take a small detour from the continuing story of our journey through the Foster Care system to address you, Sir and Madam- our elected officials. You are the ones who have to make the changes necessary in this Broken System. While I do not mind at all sharing our personal story, the main goal of this ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is September 2007. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ It was not even a full month after we first received these two beautiful little boys ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is September 2007. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ I had been told when I received the first call about these two little boys that ...

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is January-March 2007. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ We finally decided we had reached the end of the fertility journey. We would not try again. It ...

April 18, 2011Comments Off on Dreams Of A Little Girl Shattered.. Or Are They?

This begins the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is pre-2007. If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ You were created for a purpose. In fact, each of us was created for a special, unique purpose. ...

To say that our Foster Care system is broken is a gross understatement. Whether it is the actual Child Protective Service agency, the individual case workers, the judges deciding the cases, foster parents, or the law itself is hard to pinpoint. I would venture to say it is most likely all of these factors combined. My main question is this: ...